Saturday, December 24, 2011

ACCORDING TO THOMASTON POLICE CHIEF DAN GREATHOUSE AN ARREST HAS BEEN MADE IN THE SHOOTING DEATH OF A FEMALE CAB DRIVER, EARLY WEDNESDAY.

THE SUSPECT, DANTAZIAS JAMAL RAINES, 17, FROM THOMASTON , WAS ARRESTED AT HIS HOME, DECEMBER 24, BY THOMASTON P.D. AND THE GBI. WARRANTS AND OTHER CHARGES ARE PENDING WHILE RAINES IS BEING HELD WITHOUT BOND IN THE UPSON COUNTY JAIL.

THE VICTIM, BRANDY TURNER GUINED ,33,WAS THE CITY CAB DRIVER, SHOT NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF AVE. N. AND THIRD STREET, AND SHE MANAGED TO DRIVE ABOUT A QUARTER OF A MILE BEFORE RUNNING OFF THE ROAD INTO A FENCE AT 7-11 GROCERY.

ROBBERY BY SNATCHING WEDNESDAY MORNING AROUND 11AM. CHIEF GREATHOUSE SAID A FEMALE TOLD THE P.D. SHE WAS ENTERING HER CAR WHEN A BLACK MALE IN DARK CLOTHING SNATCHED HER POCKETBOOK AND HIT HER IN THE FACE AND FLED.

Thursday, December 22, 2011

UPSON COUNTY ANIMAL CONTROL SHELTER WILL NOT BE TAKING IN STRAY DOGS UNTIL JAN. 6. THIS DECISION WAS MADE AS A PRECAUTIONARY QUARANTINE WILL BE ESTABLISHED AT THE SHELTER. CATS, KITTENS AND DOGS SUSPECTED OF AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR OR BITING WILL BE ACCEPTED—BUT ARE SEGREGATED FROM THE SHELTER’S GENERAL POPULATION. ROUTINE PATROL AND CALL RESPONSE NOT AFFECTED. QUESTIONS—ACO 706-647-5586

THOMASTON POLICE CHIEF DAN GREATHOUSE SAYS 33 YEAR OLD - BRANDY NICHOLE TURNER GUINED WAS SHOT ONCE IN THE UPPER SIDE OF THE TORSO AND DROVE ABOUT A QUARTER OF A MILE BEFORE SHE CRASHED THE CAB INTO A FENCE.

THE BODY HAS BEEN SENT TO THE STATE CRIME LAB FOR AUTOPSY AND A REWARD IS BEING OFFERED FOR INFORMATION LEADING TO THE ARREST AND CONVICTION OF THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CRIME.

CHIEF GREATHOUSE IS ASKING FOR THE PUBLIC’S HELP IN THE CASE. RECORDED MESSAGES CAN BE LEFT WITH THE P.D. AT 706-648-1102.

CHIEF GREATHOUSE SAID HIS DEPARTMENT AND THE GBI HAVE BEEN WORKING ALMOST ROUND THE CLOCK DEVELOPING LEADS IN THE CASE.

Wednesday, December 21, 2011

THOMASTON POLICE CHIEF DAN GREATHOUSE SAID A FEMALE CAB DRIVER WAS SHOT AND KILLED EARLY WEDNESDAY. THE CAB CAME TO REST AT 7-11 GROCERY ON BARNESVILLE STREET, AFTER HITTING A FENCE. THE CHIEF SAID THE P.D. RECEIVED A CALL THAT A CAB DRIVER HAD BEEN SHOT ON AVE. N. AND THEN FOUND THE CITY CAB AT THE CONVIENCE STORE.

THE WHITE FEMALE VICTIM WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE E.R. BY UPSON EMS WHERE SHE LATER DIED. THOMASTON POLICE DEPARTMENT, GBI CRIME SCENE AND AGENTS FROM REGION 2 ARE INVESTIGATING THE CASE, THE CHIEF SAID IN A PRESS RELEASE.

Tuesday, December 20, 2011

ACCORDING TO ASSOCIATES, THREE MEMBERS OF A THOMASTON FAMILY DIED IN A TRAFFIC ACCIDENT THAT KILLED 9 PEOPLE, MONDAY IN MID-WEST INDIA.

THOMASTON BUSINESSMAN JAY PATEL, OWNER OF COLONIAL MOTEL, COMMUNITY SUPERETTE, AND SOUTH SIDE GROCERY, HIS SON AT UGA AND DAUGHTER WHO ATTENDS THE MERCER SCHOOL OF PHARMACY WERE KILLED. THE MOTHER, TINA IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION .

SEVERAL COUSINS OF JAY PATEL ALSO DIED IN THE CRASH. THEY WERE IN INDIA TO ATTEND THE WEDDING OF JAY PATEL’S NEPHEW.

Monday, December 19, 2011

UPSON COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT INVESTIGATING AN ARMED ROBBERY AT 44 MCCARD ROAD. A THOMASTON BUSINESSMAN WAS ROBBED OF $700 TO $1000 AND HE SAID A BLACK MALE WHO POINTED A RIFLE AT HIM, BEAT HIS HEAD AGAINEST A BRICK WALL AND CONCRETE FLOOR.

MAJOR DAN KILGORE SAID THE VICTIM WAS TREATED AT THE E.R. FOR BUMPS AND BRUISES AND ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ABOUT THE CASE SHOULD CALL THE UPSON S.O.

TWO OTHERS WERE INJURED, A MOTHER AND HER SON. TRACY BARFOOT, OF 600 ATWATER ROAD AND HER SON JEFFREY FORD, 26 OF THE SAME ADDRESS , WERE IN SEPERATE VEHICLES, NORTHBOUND.

TROOPER WONNUM SAID A WITNESS TOLD HIM, GRANTHAM WAS SOUTHBOUND ON 19 AND HAD BEEN WEAVING IN THE ROAD. HE CROSSED THE CENTER LINE HIT JEFFREY FORD’S FORD EXPLORER, THEN HIT HIS MOTHER’S NISSAN MAXIMA HEAD-ON.

MS. BARFOOT WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE MEDICAL CENTER OF CENTRAL GA. IN MACON BY UPSON EMS WITH MULTIPLE INJURIES. JEFFREY FORD WAS TAKEN TO THE E.R. OF URMC BY UPSON EMS.

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

THE GA. STATE PATROL HAS RELEASED THE NAME OF A 44 YEAR OLD WHITE FEMALE WHO DIED AFTER HER CAR PLUNGED IN A POND ON SOUTH OLD ALABAMA ROAD, IN UPSON COUNTY, EARLY MONDAY.

TROOPER DALE ROBERTS SAID—THE VICTIM—JAMIE WILLIAMSON OZLEY OF HENDRICKS CHURCH ROAD APPARENTLY DROWNED AND WILL NOT BE RECORDED AS A TRAFFIC FATALITY. THE BODY HAS BEEN SENT TO THE STA TE CRIME LAB TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF DEATH, BLOOD WAS DRAWN AND THE GSP IS WORKING AN OPEN INVESTIGATION.

THE GSP REPORT NOTED THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT AS 4;30AM MONDAY, BUT HER BODY WAS NOT DISCOVERED AND RECOVERED UNTIL JUST BEFORE DARK. SHE CALLED HER BROTHER RIGHT AFTER SHE RAN IN THE SWAMPY AREA AND TOLD HIM SHE HAD WRECKED ON ROLAND ROAD AFTER LEAVING A FEMALE FRIEND’S RESIDENCE.

A SEARCH WAS MOBILIZED AFTER MS. OZLEY’S EX-HUSBAND , UPSON COUNTY DEPUTY SGT. RODNEY OZLEY BECAME CONCERNED WHEN SHE COULD NOT BE LOCATED.

Monday, December 5, 2011

MAJOR DAN KILGORE OF UPSON S.O. HAS CONFIRMED THE BODY OF A MIDDLE-AGE WHITE FEMALE WAS LOCATED AT A WRECK SCENE JUST BEFORE DARK MONDAY ON SOUTH OLD ALABAMA ROAD NOT FAR FROM SHERIFF’S PEACOCK’S HOME.

TGA NEWS WAS TOLD THE WOMAN LIVES NEAR-BY BUT MAJOR KILGORE SAID HER NAME HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED PENDING NOTIFICATION OF NEXT OF KIN.

SHERIFF DON PEACOCK TOLD TGA NEWS MONDAY MORNING, A CAR THE WOMAN WAS DRIVING RAN IN A POND, IN A SWAMPY AREA AND WAS ABOUT A FOURTH SUBMERGED. STATE TROOPER DALE ROBERTS WAS DISPATCHED LATE SUNDAY, BUT NO ONE COULD BE LOCATED , SO A SEARCH BEGAN. THE GSP WILL ISSUE THE ACCIDENT REPORT.

LEVIN NEIGHBORS, A KINDERGARTEN STUDENT IN TINA ROGERS’ CLASS AT UL SOUTH ELEMENTARY IS A NATIONAL WINNER IN THE MCGRAW HILL—MY MATH—WHAT MATH MEANS TO ME—ART CONTEST.

LEVIN’S ARTWORK WILL BE FEATURED IN MCGRAW-HILL—MY MATH—STUDENT MATERIALS AND WILL BE DISPLAYED IN THE NEW MUSEUM OF MATH, SCHEDULED TO OPEN IN THE FALL OF 2012 IN NEW YORK CITY. IN ADDITION, LEVIN HAS WON $14,500 IN CLASSROOM EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES FOR HIS KINDERGARTEN CLASS AT UPSON-LEE SOUTH.

STUDENT ENTRIES WERE SCORED BY A PANEL OF CELEBRITY JUDGES AND COMMUNITY VOTE ACCOUNTED FOR 30% OF THE TOTAL SCORE.